As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

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Q. 1: Which capital city is also a TV detective?

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Q. 2: Who created havoc in 1938, when his radio broadcast of “The War Of The Worlds” was believed to be true?

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Q. 3: What were ‘Benjy’ and ‘Laska’, sent into space in 1958?

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Q. 4: Name the composer of the famous musicals ‘Top Hat’ and ‘Annie Get Your Gun’.

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Q. 5: Which mountains form the backbone of South America?

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Q. 6: In which river was Jesus Baptised?

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Q. 7: Which South American country provides the setting for the climax of the 1969 movie ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’?

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Q. 8: Into which ocean does the River Amazon flow?

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Q. 9: Which South American city was shaped by architect Oscar Niemeyer?

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Q. 10: The Rio Grande forms part of the boundary between which countries? (A point for each if you like.)

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Q. 11: What name is given to the large, treeless plains south of the Amazon?

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Q. 12: Which island in the east pacific is renowned for its stone heads?

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Q. 13: Which General overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973? (A bonus point if you can name the country.)

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Q. 14: Who was in office as President of the United States when the decision was taken to declare war on Germany during World War I?

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Q. 15: He was the son of a Siberian peasant and became the most influential person at the court of Tsar Nicholas II. He was widely thought to have magical powers and was assassinated in 1916. What was his name?

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Q. 16: The Winter Olympics have just started in Russia, but in what year was London due to host the Summer Olympic Games, but couldn’t because of the Second World War?

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Q. 17: Which American President saw active service in both the first and second World Wars?

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Q. 18: Which three movies did Steven Spielberg direct that were among the top ten highest grossing films of the 20th century? (Yes, a point for each and a bonus point if you get all three.)

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Q. 19: In what country did the soup known as ‘Cullen Skink’ originate?

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Q. 20: Which literary detective had a servant called ‘Bunter’?

a) Hercule Poirot b) Lord Peter Wimsey c) Sherlock Holmes

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Q. 1: Which capital city is also a TV detective?

A. 1: Columbo.

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Q. 2: Who created havoc in 1938, when his radio broadcast of “The War Of The Worlds” was believed to be true?

A. 2: Orson Welles.

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Q. 3: What were ‘Benjy’ and ‘Laska’, sent into space in 1958?

A. 3: They were Mice.

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Q. 4: Name the composer of the famous musicals ‘Top Hat’ and ‘Annie Get Your Gun’.

A. 4: Irving Berlin.

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Q. 5: Which mountains form the backbone of South America?

A. 5: The Andes.

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Q. 6: In which river was Jesus Baptised?

A. 6: In the River Jordan.

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Q. 7: Which South American country provides the setting for the climax of the 1969 movie ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’?

A. 7: Bolivia.

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Q. 8: Into which ocean does the River Amazon flow?

A. 8: The Atlantic Ocean.

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Q. 9: Which South American city was shaped by architect Oscar Niemeyer?

A. 9: Brasilia.

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Q. 10: The Rio Grande forms part of the boundary between which countries? (A point for each if you like.)

A. 10: The United States of America and Mexico.

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Q. 11: What name is given to the large, treeless plains south of the Amazon?

A. 11: The Pampas.

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Q. 12: Which island in the east pacific is renowned for its stone heads?

A. 12: Easter Island.

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Q. 13: Which General overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973? (A bonus point if you can name the country.)

A. 13: General Pinochet in Chile.

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Q. 14: Who was in office as President of the United States when the decision was taken to declare war on Germany during World War I?

A. 14: Woodrow Wilson.

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Q. 15: He was the son of a Siberian peasant and became the most influential person at the court of Tsar Nicholas II. He was widely thought to have magical powers and was assassinated in 1916. What was his name?

A. 15: Rasputin.

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Q. 16: The Winter Olympics have just started in Russia, but in what year was London due to host the Summer Olympic Games, but couldn’t because of the Second World War?

A. 16: 1944.

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Q. 17: Which American President saw active service in both the first and second World Wars?

A. 17: President Dwight D Eisenhower.

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Q. 18: Which three movies did Steven Spielberg direct that were among the top ten highest grossing films of the 20th century? (Yes, a point for each and a bonus point if you get all three.)

A. 18: “Jurassic Park”, “E.T.” and “The Lost World”.

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Q. 19: In what country did the soup known as ‘Cullen Skink’ originate?

A. 19: Scotland. (It is a thick Scottish soup made of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions.)

Some are easy, some are difficult, and some should be easy but I have a feeling they may turn out to be quite difficult too!

As usual the answers are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please, NO cheating.

Enjoy and good luck.

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Q. 1: You’ve seen it hundreds if not thousands of times, so how many milk bottles are standing on the porch when Fred Flintstone puts out the cat?

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Q. 2: Who was assassinated in Dallas on 24 November 1963?

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Q. 3: Who was known as ‘The Serpent of the Nile’?

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Q. 4: How many amendments have their been to the US Constitution?

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Q. 5: For which event of 1872 is the name of Captain Briggs remembered?

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Q. 6: What was abolished by France in 1981, The Netherlands in 1982, Australia in 1985 and New Zealand in 1989?

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Q. 7: How many colored squares are on a Rubik cube?

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Q. 8: A famous Irish novelist and poet, he was born in 1882 and died in 1941, who was he?

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Q. 9: Who directed the movie ‘Jurassic Park’?

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Q. 10: What famous IT company launched a clothing line in 1986?

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Q. 11: Which great Carthegian general crossed the Alps in 218?

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Q. 12: For how many years did the famous ‘Pony Express’ operate in America?

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Q. 13: On what date in 1883 did France officially present the Statue of Liberty to the US?

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Q. 14: Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock had one of the most celebrated and successful collaborations of any actor/director pair in history. Name as many of their movies as you can (and you get a point for each correct answer).

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Q. 15: Who had 7 members of a rival gang killed on St Valentines day 1929?

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Q. 16: Who or what is the Presidential retreat ‘Camp David’ named after?

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Q. 17: Who said “Read my lips, no new taxes”?

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Q. 18: What was the name of the domestic videocassette tape recorder system introduced by Sony in 1975?

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Q. 19: Which famous Arab / Israeli war took place in 1973?

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Q. 20: In the long running hit television series ‘Magnum P.I.’, what was the character name of the ex-British Army Officer who looked after the estate in which Magnum lives?

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Q. 1: You’ve seen it hundreds if not thousands of times, so how many milk bottles are standing on the porch when Fred Flintstone puts out the cat?

A. 1: One. (You should have known that!)

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Q. 2: Who was assassinated in Dallas on 24 November 1963?

A. 2: Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Q. 3: Who was known as ‘The Serpent of the Nile’?

A. 3: Cleopatra.

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Q. 4: How many amendments have their been to the US Constitution?

A. 4: 27.

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Q. 5: For which event of 1872 is the name of Captain Briggs remembered?

A. 5: He Was The Captain Of The Marie Celeste.

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Q. 6: What was abolished by France in 1981, The Netherlands in 1982, Australia in 1985 and New Zealand in 1989?

A. 6: The Death Penalty.

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Q. 7: How many colored squares are on a Rubik cube?

A. 7: 54 (A cube has 6 sides and there are 9 colored squares per side.)

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Q. 8: A famous Irish novelist and poet, he was born in 1882 and died in 1941, who was he?

A. 8: James Joyce.

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Q. 9: Who directed the movie ‘Jurassic Park’?

A. 9: Steven Spielberg.

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Q. 10: What famous IT company launched a clothing line in 1986?

A. 10: Apple.

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Q. 11: Which great Carthegian general crossed the Alps in 218?

A. 11: Hannibal.

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Q. 12: For how many years did the famous ‘Pony Express’ operate in America?

A. 12: The ‘Pony Express’ only lasted a single year before the transcontinental telegraph made the route obsolete.

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Q. 13: On what date in 1883 did France officially present the Statue of Liberty to the US?

A. 13: 4th July.

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Q. 14: Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock had one of the most celebrated and successful collaborations of any actor/director pair in history. Name as many of their movies as you can (and you get a point for each correct answer).

A. 14: Cary Grant appeared in 4 Hitchcock movies, ‘Suspicion’ in 1941; ‘Notorious’ in 1946; ‘To Catch A Thief’ in 1955; and ‘North By North-West’ in 1959.

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Q. 15: Who had 7 members of a rival gang killed on St Valentines day 1929?

A. 15: Al Capone.

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Q. 16: Who or what is the Presidential retreat ‘Camp David’ named after?

A. 16: Presidential retreat Camp David is named after Dwight Eisenhower’s grandson.

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Q. 17: Who said “Read my lips, no new taxes”?

A. 17: George Bush.

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Q. 18: What was the name of the domestic videocassette tape recorder system introduced by Sony in 1975?

A. 18: Betamax.

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Q. 19: Which famous Arab / Israeli war took place in 1973?

A. 19: The Yom Kippur war.

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Q. 20: In the long running hit television series ‘Magnum P.I.’, what was the character name of the ex-British Army Officer who looked after the estate in which Magnum lived?

A. 20: Jonathan Quayle Higgins III, but ‘Higgins’ will get you a point.